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CVE-2011-2923

foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the deb

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Summary

foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the debug mode was enabled. This flaw may be exploited by a local attacker to conduct symlink attacks by overwriting arbitrary files accessible with the privileges of the user running the foomatic-rip universal print filter.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • foomatic-filters foomatic-filters

    All versions

References 4

security-tracker.debian.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

bugzilla.suse.com

access.redhat.com